MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for May. Doug Beed’s Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam: My Year as a Black Scarf took the top spot for the third month in a row. The Bronze Dagger by Marie Sontag was runner up.

SUNBURY PRESS - Bestsellers for May, 2017 (by Revenue)
Rank	Last Month	Title	Author	Category
1	1	Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam	Doug Beed	Military Memoir
2	--	The Bronze Dagger	Marie Sontag	YA Historical Fiction
3	3	Dead of Spring	Sherry Knowlton	Thriller Fiction
4	6	American Berserk	Bill Morris	Memoir
5	4	Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, 2nd Ed.	Mike Campbell	History
6	17	Embattled Freedom	Jim Remsen	History
7	--	From Blue Ground	Joe Harvey	Historical Fiction
8	--	Call Sign Dracula	Joe Fair	Military Memoir
9	27	Seinsoth	Steven k Wagner	Sports Biography
10	--	Where Elephants Fought	Bridget Smith	Historical Fiction
11	--	In the Field	Joanne Risso	Children's Fiction
12	--	My Mom Is an Alien	Joanne Risso	Children's Fiction
13	--	Over the Sea	Joanne Risso	Children's Fiction
14	2	Living in the Afterlife	Michele Livingston	Spirituality
15	--	Patchtown	Jolene Busher	Historical Fiction
16	24	The Wolf of Britannia Part I	Jess Steven Hughes	Historical Fiction
17	37	Jesus the Phoenician	Karim El Koussa	History
18	14	Winter of the Metal People	Dennis Herrick	Historical Fiction
19	23	Freemasons at Gettysburg	Sheldon Munn	History
20	28	Miss Feesenschneezen Is Ill	David Parmalee	Middle Grade Fiction
21	--	Indian Villages and Place Names in PA	James Donehoo	History
22	22	Planet Jesus #1: Flesh & Blood	Doug & Shaun Brode	Supernatural Fiction
23	--	Hatched	Robert Barsky	Literary Fiction
24	50	Lost in the Shadow of Fame	William Lemanski	History
25	--	Raising Monarchs	Sue Fox McGovern	Nature
26	15	Wonder Boy: The Story of Carl Scheib	Lawrence Knorr	Biography
27	20	The Sign of the Eagle	Jess Steven Hughes	Historical Fiction
28	--	Murder in Tuxedo Park	William Lemanski	Thriller Fiction
29	--	Adventures in Distant and Remote Places	William Lemanski	Travel Memoir
30	--	The Bookseller's Secret	Catherine Jordan	Thriller Fiction
31	25	That Night at Surigao	Ernie Marshall	History
32	36	Tories, Terror, and Tea	John L Moore	History
33	26	Tigers by the River	Wylie McLallen	Sports History
34	34	Dead of Summer	Sherry Knowlton	Thriller Fiction
35	19	Prohibition's Prince	Guy Graybill	Local History
36	--	Hidden Dangers	Robert Stout	Current Events
37	18	Dead of Autumn	Sherry Knowlton	Thriller Fiction
38	--	The Segregated Georgia School for the Deaf	Ron Knorr and Clemmie Whatley	History
39	31	Keystone Corruption Continues	Brad Bumsted	History
40	32	Messages from Beyond	Michele Livingston	Spirituality
41	40	Bows, Bullets, and Bears	John L Moore	History
42	--	The Ripper's Haunts	Michael Hawley	True Crime
43	--	Seeking Samiel	Catherine Jordan	Thriller Fiction
44	--	Prince and the Paupers	Guy Graybill	History
45	--	Emeralds of the Alhambra	John Cressler	Historical Fiction
46	--	Beagle Tales	Bob Ford	Pets / Humor
47	--	Rivers, Raiders, and Renegades	John L Moore	History
48	--	Cast Iron Signs of Pennsylvania Towns and Other Landmarks	Clair Clawser	History
49	--	General John Fulton Reynolds: His Biography, Words and Relations	Lawrence Knorr, et al	Biography
50	48	A Second Revolution	C James Gilbert	Historical Fiction

Doug Beed’s Vietnam memoir Chasing Understanding in the Jungles of Vietnam, was #1 due to brisk sales, especially on the Kindle platform. It has been in the top four on Amazon in its category. Marie Sontag's The Bonze Dagger took #2 due to a large sale to public schools in California. Sherry Knowlton's Dead of Spring repeated at #3 thanks to strong bookstore sales following her promotional activities. American Berserk by Bill Morris grabbed #4 due to strong bookstore sales. Mike Campbell's Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last continues to sell steadily, coming it at #5. The company released two new titles in May:

SUNBURY PRESS – New Releases for May, 2017
Had a Dying Fall	J. M. West	Thriller Fiction
Auto Travel in the 1920s	William Cook	History